Unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show the Ferrari California is a grand touring sports car manufactured by Italian carmaker Ferrari. The two door "2+2" hard top convertible is powered by a front-mid mounted gasoline direct injection 4.3-litre V8 engine.

The model revives the "California" name which was used on the Ferrari 250 GT in the late 1950s. The California represents a new, fourth model range for the company.

When it opened, the Scuderia Ferrari (Italian for “Ferrari Stable”) wasn’t meant to produce road cars, but rather for sponsoring amateur drivers and already made racing cars. It was actually supposed to be the first motorsport team independent from factory, although related to Alfa Romeo.
Enzo Ferrari always worked for the Alfa Romeo company, in different job positions, until around 1940. Then he quit because that a... more